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<blockquote data-quote="Augster" data-source="post: 1548060" data-attributes="member: 19867"><p>If you plan to to replace it with an OEM (e.g. weld-on **** yourself), there might be some room if you drop the steering rack; you can unbolt it without removing the hoses and it will give you a couple inches of breathing space, which I had to do to drop the axle, but you could also disconnect it entirely to give you much more room to get your hands up there.</p><p></p><p>If you don't disconnect the steering rack and plan to install an aftermarket cover, such as the Spicer, I don't know if there's really any room to get to the top bolts because, at least with the Spicer and its ribs, or any cover that protrudes farther forward than OEM, it's very tight up in there. A torque wrench is probably out of the question, though the torque specs are very low for the cover you can probably get away with a "calibrated hand."</p><p></p><p>If you are committed to changing the cover, you can probably try the techniques I described above to swap it out. If after dropping the rack, if you still don't have enough space for your hands (or you have gorilla hands), well you've already done the work of getting the rack out of the way to start getting the axle out...</p><p></p><p>I didn't want to deal with the possibility of messing up my steering wheel clock-spring by disconnecting the steering shaft so I only removed the two large bolts to allow me to man-handle the rack enough to find the room. It's still really cramped space.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Augster, post: 1548060, member: 19867"] If you plan to to replace it with an OEM (e.g. weld-on **** yourself), there might be some room if you drop the steering rack; you can unbolt it without removing the hoses and it will give you a couple inches of breathing space, which I had to do to drop the axle, but you could also disconnect it entirely to give you much more room to get your hands up there. If you don't disconnect the steering rack and plan to install an aftermarket cover, such as the Spicer, I don't know if there's really any room to get to the top bolts because, at least with the Spicer and its ribs, or any cover that protrudes farther forward than OEM, it's very tight up in there. A torque wrench is probably out of the question, though the torque specs are very low for the cover you can probably get away with a "calibrated hand." If you are committed to changing the cover, you can probably try the techniques I described above to swap it out. If after dropping the rack, if you still don't have enough space for your hands (or you have gorilla hands), well you've already done the work of getting the rack out of the way to start getting the axle out... I didn't want to deal with the possibility of messing up my steering wheel clock-spring by disconnecting the steering shaft so I only removed the two large bolts to allow me to man-handle the rack enough to find the room. It's still really cramped space. [/QUOTE]
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